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Dynamics of Distancing in Nigerian Drama

Author : Nadia Anwar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838268423
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Dynamics of Distancing in Nigerian Drama written by Nadia Anwar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nadia Anwar analyzes selected post-independence Nigerian dramas using the conceptual framework of metatheatre, a theatrical strategy that foregrounds the process of play-making by breaking the dramatic illusion. She argues that distancing, as a function of metatheatre, creates a balanced theatrical experience and environment in terms of the emotive and cognitive levels of reception of a particular performance. Anwar's book is the first in-depth study to apply the concept of metatheatre to Nigerian drama. She brings the perspectives of Bertolt Brecht, Thomas J. Scheff, and other theoreticians of dramatic distancing to the analysis of plays by authors such as Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Femi Osofisan, Esiaba Irobi, and Stella ‘Dia Oyedepo.

Theatre History Studies 2017, Vol. 36

Author : Sara Freeman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817371117
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Theatre History Studies 2017, Vol. 36 written by Sara Freeman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre History Studies is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference (MATC), a regional body devoted to theatre scholarship and practice.

Eastern African Literatures

Author : Russell West-Pavlov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192559990
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Eastern African Literatures written by Russell West-Pavlov and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures series offers stimulating and accessible introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying field of postcolonial literary studies in English. This volume offers an overview of contemporary Eastern African writing in English since the mid-twentieth century. It takes a fresh look at what has been an under-represented regional literary tradition within what continues to be an under-represented continental literary tradition. In particular, it broadens the scope of such an overview, complementing the extant monographs on well-known Eastern African writers such as Ngũgĩ to include a host of more recent, less-publicized novelists, dramatists, and poets. It extends the geographical range of existing studies from the familiar triad of Kenyan, Ugandan, and Tanzanian traditions of writing in English, to include the lesser-known Somali, Ethiopian, or Sudanese, or Mauritian or Madagascan traditions. Rather than simply addressing national traditions or broad thematic bundles, the volume treats works as literatures of a region: that is, as literatures of place and space. Eastern African Literatures stresses the formative role of space, place and geography in fashioning the fabric of social interaction, whether individual or collective, in generating history, in moulding identities, and as a consequence in defining the shape of the future. The 'spatial' perspectives allow the 'proximate' rather than the 'distant' influence of literary art to come into view. Proximate modes of literary communication, arising out of residual but vibrant traditions of oral communication, blend with contemporary media to produce hybrid genres of proximity specific to Eastern African literary production. In this way, the book also makes a contribution to the ongoing theorization of literary and cultural innovation in the cultures of the Global South.

From New National to World Literature

Author : Bruce King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838268563
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book From New National to World Literature written by Bruce King and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New National to World English Literature offers a personal perspective on the evolution of a major cultural movement that began with decolonization, continued with the assertion of African, West Indian, Commonwealth, and other literatures, and has evolved through postcolonial to world or international English literature. Bruce King, one of the pioneers in the study of the new national literatures and still an active literary critic, discusses the personalities, writers, issues, and contexts of what he considers the most important change in culture since modernism. In this selection of forty-five essays and reviews, King discusses issues such as the emergence and aesthetics of African literature, the question of the existence of a “Nigerian literature”, the place of the new universities in decolonizing culture, the contrasting models of American and Irish literatures, and the changing nature of exile and diasporas. He emphasizes themes such as traditionalism versus modernism, the dangers of cultural assertion, and the relationships between nationalism and internationalism. Special attention is given to Nigerian, West Indian, Australian, Indian, and Pakistani literature.

Recognition and Ethics in World Literature

Author : Vincent van Bever Donker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838268474
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Recognition and Ethics in World Literature written by Vincent van Bever Donker and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognition and Ethics in World Literature is a critical comparative study of contemporary world literature, focusing on the importance of the ethical turn (or return) in literary theory. The book examines the ethical engagement of novels by Amitav Ghosh, Chimamanda Adichie, Caryl Phillips, Kazuo Ishiguro, Zadie Smith, and J. M. Coetzee, exploring the overlap and divergence between Levinasian/Derridean and Aristotelian ethics. Recognitions and emotional responses are integral to the unfolding of ethical concerns, and the ethics they explore are often marked by the complexity and impurity characteristic of the tragic. Recognition is particularly suitable for the concerns of world literature authors in its interconnection of the universal and the particular—a binary that has been crucial in postcolonialism and remains important for the wider field of world literature. This study builds its analysis around three broad themes: religion, the memory of violence, and the human.

Intra-African Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Power

Author : Amos B. Chewachong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666793019
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Intra-African Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Power written by Amos B. Chewachong and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era when African Pentecostalism stretches its vibrant mosaic across continents, Intra-African Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Power examines the pulsating heart of this phenomenon within Africa itself. The book explores the complex interplay of faith and power through the lens of Nigeria's Winners' Chapel and its expansion into Cameroon. What compels a movement to evangelize fervently within its own continent, making it both the preacher and the audience? The book exposes the reverse missionary flow to the northern hemisphere as a backdrop for a more profound story unravelling within Africa. Here, the mother church exerts a magnetic pull, ensuring fidelity, as charismatic leaders, like Bishop Oyedepo, maintain their spiritual gravitas. It is a story not just of spirituality but of strategic moves and socio-political undercurrents that shape identities and beliefs. Employing rich narratives and rigorous research, this book looks in depth at Winners' Chapel's transnational missions, highlighting the complexities of allegiance, identity, and the propagation of the prosperity gospel. It challenges readers to see beyond conventional religious discourse, into the depths where faith intersects with culture and power. The book invites us to understand the multi-dimensional influence of African Pentecostalism and to grasp the nuances of a faith that is transforming the continent from within.

The Dynamics of Japan's Relations with Africa

Author : Kweku Ampiah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134825331
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Japan's Relations with Africa written by Kweku Ampiah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine in-depth Japan's relations with Africa. Japan's dependence on raw materials from South Africa made it impossible for Tokyo in the 1970s and 1980s to support other African states in their fight against the minority government and its policy of apartheid. Kweku Ampiah's detailed analysis of Japan's political, economic and diplomatic relations with sub-Saharan Africa from 1974 to the early 1990s makes it clear that Japan was lukewarm in the struggle against apartheid. Case studies of Tanzania and Nigeria dissect Japan's trade, aid and investment policies in sub-Saharan Africa more widely.

Dynamic Concepts and Problems of Communication Development in Nigeria

Author : Nwaokedi Amatokwu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Dynamic Concepts and Problems of Communication Development in Nigeria written by Nwaokedi Amatokwu and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Drama and Performance

Author : John Conteh-Morgan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253217016
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book African Drama and Performance written by John Conteh-Morgan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores the diversity of the performing arts in Africa and the diaspora, from studies of major dramatic authors and formal literary dramas to improvisational theatre and popular video films.

Contemporary Nigerian Theatre

Author : Olu Obafemi
Publisher : Bayreuth African Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Nigerian Theatre written by Olu Obafemi and published by Bayreuth African Studies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Resilience of Religious Tradition in the Dramas of Wole Soyinka and James Ene Henshaw

Author : Rosemary N. Edet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Resilience of Religious Tradition in the Dramas of Wole Soyinka and James Ene Henshaw written by Rosemary N. Edet and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nigerian Theatre in English

Author : Chris Dunton
Publisher : Bowker-Saur
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Theatre in English written by Chris Dunton and published by Bowker-Saur. This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nigerian Theatre: The theatre in Yoruba

Author : Joel Adeyinka Adedeji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Theatre: The theatre in Yoruba written by Joel Adeyinka Adedeji and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Her Portmanteau

Author : Mfoniso Udofia
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 082223789X
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Her Portmanteau written by Mfoniso Udofia and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HER PORTMANTEAU is an installment in the Ufot Cycle, Udofia’s sweeping, nine-part saga which chronicles the triumphs and losses of Abasiama Ufot, a Nigerian immigrant, and her family. As Nigerian traditions clash with the realities of American life, Abasiama and her daughters must confront complex familial legacies that span time, geography, language and culture.

Tornadoes Full of Dreams

Author : Bode Sowande
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tornadoes Full of Dreams written by Bode Sowande and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Theatre in Nigeria

Author : Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Popular Theatre in Nigeria written by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ambivalent

Author : Patricia Hayes
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821446886
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Ambivalent written by Patricia Hayes and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond photography as an isolated medium to engage larger questions and interlocking forms of expression and historical analysis, Ambivalent gathers a new generation of scholars based on the continent to offer an expansive frame for thinking about questions of photography and visibility in Africa. The volume presents African relationships with photography—and with visibility more generally—in ways that engage and disrupt the easy categories and genres that have characterized the field to date. Contributors pose new questions concerning the instability of the identity photograph in South Africa; ethnographic photographs as potential history; humanitarian discourse from the perspective of photographic survivors of atrocity photojournalism; the nuanced passage from studio to screen in postcolonial digital portraiture; and the burgeoning visual activism in West Africa. As the contributors show, photography is itself a historical subject: it involves arrangement, financing, posture, positioning, and other kinds of work that are otherwise invisible. By moving us outside the frame of the photograph itself, by refusing to accept the photograph as the last word, this book makes photography an engaging and important subject of historical investigation. Ambivalent‘s contributors bring photography into conversation with orality, travel writing, ritual, psychoanalysis, and politics, with new approaches to questions of race, time, and postcolonial and decolonial histories. Contributors: George Emeka Agbo, Isabelle de Rezende, Jung Ran Forte, Ingrid Masondo, Phindi Mnyaka, Okechukwu Nwafor, Vilho Shigwedha, Napandulwe Shiweda, Drew Thompson